Today at Ms. | October 15, 2021


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The Impact of Angela Merkel—What 16 Years of Women’s Leadership Can Get You [[link removed]]

BY KATIE USALIS | How did Germany manage to elect Angela Merkel, a woman leader who achieved unity, stability and economic growth through some of the most turbulent years in history? Through political structures with inherently less barriers for women—namely, a mixed-member proportional representation electoral system and gender quotas. By and large, U.S. politics uses neither of these. But change is possible.

California Leads the Way in Educating Students on Racial History—But Vigilance Is Still Needed [[link removed]]

BY THANDISIZWE CHIMURENGA | When it comes to progressive politics, the Golden State can’t be messed with, historically leading the way in many areas including the environment, labor and education.
But while the state is known for liberal, progressive politics, we should not be lulled into thinking that those politics are without blemish. In California in 2019, Black teenagers accounted for 60 percent of the deputy contacts on campuses—but made up only about 20 percent of the enrollment in those schools.

Dr. Sian Proctor, the First Black Woman to Pilot a Spacecraft, Makes History: “A Phoenix Rising” [[link removed]]

BY HOLLY J. CONNOR | Last month, Dr. Sian Proctor—a 51-year-old geoscientist, community college professor and artist—became the first Black woman to pilot a spacecraft and the fourth Black American woman to go to space.
“Having achieved the pinnacle of my life’s goals, I’m now in a position to inspire others,” she told Ms, “which is just as important.”

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Tune in for a new episode of Ms. magazine's podcast, On the Issues with Michele Goodwin on Apple Podcasts [[link removed]] + Spotify [[link removed]] .
Dr. Goodwin is joined by former Planned Parenthood president Cecile Richards to discuss the dark money underwriting anti-abortion laws like Texas’s near-total abortion ban S.B. 8 and her Abortion Ban Accountability project, which is calling out corporations who fund legislators who stand against abortion rights and LGBTQ rights.
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